hyperosmotic response

id: GO:0006972
name: hyperosmotic response
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of detection of, or exposure to, a hyperosmotic environment, i.e. an environment with a higher concentration of solutes than the organism or cell.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0042538hyperosmotic salinity response
GO:0071474cellular hyperosmotic response

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0006970response to osmotic stress